Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
Alliance Meeting
Atlanta, GA
April 12, 2016
PMPA’s Mission
We provide our Public Power Communities reliable, competitive, wholesale electric and other
value-added services.
Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
● PMPA has ten members: Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union and Westminster.
● Incorporated in 1979, PMPA is a public body, corporate and politic of the State of South Carolina.
● Commenced supplying services for power and energy to Participants on June 21, 1985.
● PMPA’s member cities serve approximately 100,000 electric meters.
● Staff of seventeen people:
o 4 in Finance
o 3 in the Executive Administration
o 6 in Information Technology
o 3 in Engineering
o 1 in Legislative Affairs
Catawba Nuclear Station • Description of Catawba
• 2-Units: 2,258 MW
• Commercial Operation
o Unit 1: June 1985
o Unit 2: August 1986
• Original Cost: $3.5B ($1,500/kW)
• Extended License Termination: Through December 5, 2043
• Jointly owned by NC Municipal Power Agency No. 1, NC Electric Membership Corporation, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, and Duke Power.
Ownership of Catawba
Unit 1 ● NC Electric Membership Corp 61.00%
● Duke Power 39.00%
Unit 2 ● NCMPA#1 75.00%
● PMPA 25.00%
Percentage Ownership in Catawba
Power Supply Diversity
● Catawba Reliability Exchange
● McGuire Reliability Exchange
● Backstand Capacity and Energy from Duke Energy Carolinas
● Member Allocations from the Southeastern Power Administration
● Supplemental Capacity and Energy from Santee Cooper
● Other small purchases and Member City generation
Value-added Services
• APPA Membership – DEED Membership
– APPA Conference Attendance
• Customer Service Surveys—SDS Research
• Cyber Insurance
• Cyber Security Audits—N-Dimension
• Economic Development – Industrial Park Certifications
– Economic Dev, Marketing, Customer Service Funding
– SC Economic Developers Institute Attendance
• ElectriCities of NC Associate Membership
Value-added Services (cont.)
• Energy Depot for Members’ Web Sites
• In-house Training
• Legal Assistance
• Load Forecasts
• Lobbying
• NERC/SERC Compliance
• Operations Forums
• Organizational Check-ups—Hometown Connections
• Retail Rate Design Assistance
• RP3 Assistance
• RP3 Assistance
Value-added Services (cont.)
• Scholarships
• Utility Course Funding
• I.T. Services (see next slide)
I.T. Services
• Internet/Email
• Spam Filtering
• Data Backup
• D/R Hosting
• Web Hosting
• Cloud Hosting
• VoIP Hosting
• Network Engineering
• Systems Administration
• Virtual Host Mgmt.
• AMI Hosting
• Help Desk/Break-fix
• WLAN
• Anti-virus
• Procurement
• Cyber Security
• Telecom Consulting
• Strategic Consulting